Cops seek help of Bikru villagersin finding looted arms over ‘munadi’

Kanpur:In a bid to recover looted firearms from police personnel by gangster Vikas Dubey and his aides on the night of July 2 & 3, district police on Saturday reached his native Bikru village and took to the age-old system of ‘munadi’ or public announcements. Through this system, the cops asked villagers to help the police in recovering looted firearms of policemen.
"On the instructions of seniors, we are making announcements (munadis) across the village warning residents against hiding firearms looted during ambush on July 2 & 3 night. Besides, police have also given 24-hour deadline appealing to the residents to assist them in providing clues about firearms. After the deadline, in case, we will recovered the looted firearms from any villager's possession, we would then act as per the law. The whole family will be held responsible if a looted firearm is found in any house," said IG Range Mohit Agarwal.
Police, meanwhile, have claimed to received a positive response from villagers of Bikru in this regard.
Meanwhile, a massive search operation was launched in village.
Circle Officer (CO) Tripurari Pandey later also convened a meeting with the villagers to instil faith in them and listen to their other problems.
To recall, Dubey and his family have been controlling the village panchayat for almost 15 years.
Pandey also listened to the complaints of people whose land and property was forcefully grabbed by Dubey. He assured them that he will help them get their land back.
"We are meeting the villagers in order to remove the fear from their minds and to listen to their grievances. Situation is restoring to normalcy after Vikas Dubey's killing," he said.
Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel have also been deployed in the village for maintaining law and order, the CO added.